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NewsWhore
04-21-2008, 01:40 PM
The food price phenomenon is global with price increases felt in developed and lesser developed nations. But World Food Program (WFP) country representative Pavel Isa Contreras says that the DR is one of the least vulnerable countries in terms of food price increases. He explained that Dominicans still produce 80% of the foods consumed locally. He said that some basic food products like corn and oil are imported. These have seen significant price increases, and have impacted the local cost of producing chickens, for example.

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